Cue from hospitality design: Neat little space for home office!

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In a cleaning frenzy now that Summer is here! The white and gold from Home Florence Hotel suits my mood just right. See more photos from the pretty blog...

Tangerine Tango

Pantone's color of 2012. A deep, rich, and energizing hue. 

The perfect accent color...

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Jewelry posing as chair

.:From Laboratorio dell'Imperfectto:.

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The 'Guscio' chair by designers Verter Turroni and Emanuela Ravelli from Laboratorio dell'Imperfectto. Hard to believe it's fiberglass, isn't it? It looks like a sculpture from some semi-precious stone.

Rue

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All images are from rue

Lighting Centerpiece

It is with light that we can bring soul and spirit back into architecture and perhaps find our soul in the process- Arthur Erickson

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A reason why I like peeking at celebrity homes and portfolios? For the showstopping chandeliers and dramatic lighting. I never say no to great eye-candy, you know me.

.:Villa Dali:.

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.:Evelyn Hutter for Water Pressure:.

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Who else has a slight fixation on glass pendants?

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.:Marchetti Illuminazione:.

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.:Max Azria's home:.

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.:Chihuly Chandelier:.

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Changing the lighting can alter the way a room looks, particularly the dimensions, just as much changing the color of the walls... Good lighting can make or break your home... It will make your home feel spacious, clean and welcoming... The key is to create a flexible scheme that takes you right through the day and all the different uses of your room... lighting design at BBC Homes.

Locals, you might find these links interesting:

What should we think of this?

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I'm still deciding if this kitchen sink is the coolest decor idea ever or just plainly a faux-pas. You see, it was originally a... shower pan. Hmm...

Are stripes passé or classic?

Being an islander, you know, deciding on having stripes or not in your decor can lead to heated debates. With others or in your head.

You'd say, what's a nautical decor without its blue&white stripe. It's classic, it'll stay. But, lately, we've seen them everywhere-don't tell me you haven't thought of buying a marinière-

and we all know when something has hit the masse that much, it's not far from going. In fact, I wonder whether the stripe is already something passé.

Commiting to an expensive stripey rug, or investing time and energy and money in say, the stripey wallpaper... or patiently fake the said wallpaper using masking tape. No thank you.

Plus, patterns are notorious for dating an interior, don't they? What say you? Have you commited to a stripey decor? More importantly, have you looked back, thinking "what was I thinking?" Just askin...

May be it's a question of dosage. I still think that we're safer whitewashing and adding small touches of stripey here and there, but I confess to be a coward with patterns...

(Sources: Pic no 4. via l'internaute and the rest via Coastal Living)

p.s: I might have overdosed you with pics from Coastal Living both here and on previous posts. Sorry, enjoy anyway:)

Tropical Art by Vaco Baissac

Showcasing a few designer pieces from the tableware collection of Mauritian artist Vaco Baissac. Vaco is a renowned painter, whose particular style depicts our Paradise Island wonderfully. His latest venture(for he's also moonlighted in Jewelry Designer, Sculptor) is tableware and tablecloth with motifs celebrating our fauna and flora. It results from a collaboration with French porcelain designer Deshoulières.

This limited collection is available locally at the Rivière-Noire outlet of Poncini boutique, but also online! Make a visit at his Tropical Art Shop!

Photos Via Le poisson passe & Credits to L'express Dimanche no 17195

About the artist

"Vaco is the "poisson qui passe" (the passing fish), the Mauritian painter who swims against the stream, and has done so for ever. And amongst us, the others, there are these 2 young hotheads who asked themselves: "hey, but where are you going? Where are you going, you, yes, you?"

The "Poisson", after having swum passed, decided to maybe stay: in your plate, under your plate, on your tablecloth, a little bit everywhere, or elsewhere, or where we like it!

The "Poisson Passe" has stayed. He put his beautiful range of colours on a beautiful range of objects, which you can place around your home, so that you can always have a little of Mauritius , the astonishing Island, in your

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Let's take a break and visit France's countryside

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Bonjour, Bienvenu! Good Morning, Welcome! Today's post is a compilation of house tours featured on CoteMaison.fr, showcasing authentic French homes. It may be just what the doctor prescribed you, in case you're suffering from the winter blues, or if you're from the southern hemisphere, you plainly need to get away from the suffocating heat.